[jla]

You are implying that Bush is doing it for the same reasons as Reagan had, and that's not true. Reagan's actions, however mistaken, were political, Bush's are ideological. He has a vision in my opinion of open borders, and a North American union similar to Europe's. That is scary, and not Reagan's vision by any standard.

Well sir, you and I disagree on these matters.
It is not my intent to get in a heated argument with you over this, because after all, that'll get us nowhere in defeating the real enemy of freedom: liberalism/socialism.
I think folks like you and I are like two players on a football team. Both of us want our team to win, but we might not always agree on the play calling during the game.

I include the following links, because I believe they speak for the Republican Party I believe in, and adhere to.

Reagan Speech

Reagan/Immigration

Kemp/Reagan/Immigration

[Reaganwuzthebest]

The Reagan speech was great, glad you posted it. And yes he talks about closer relations with Mexico and Canada, as many before him had done. But nothing in the speech says he's in favor of illegal immigration, or that we should incorporate the three countries into one entity. That is in fact what Bush's buddy Senior Fox is saying, and I haven't heard Bush shoot it down.

As I said in a previous post, I think Reagan was a strong believer in legal immigration, and that's fine, although I think today's numbers of almost a million a year are a bit much. During the eighties, the annual rate was about 500,000 and I never heard Reagan say we needed to increase it.

I'm not trying to get into a heated argument with you either, but I believe you're taking Reagan's views on legal immigration and carrying them over to the illegal ones as well. His statements contradict that. The only thing I hear coming out of Bush's mouth today is we should try to find ways to legalize all the illegals here. That is not in the best interest of the country, or the Republican party.